KBH You're Our Last Hope
Hutchison may be key to extra NASA funds, Houston Chronicle
“Members of Houston’s congressional delegation, having failed to galvanize House support for additional NASA funding, said Tuesday that Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison was their last best hope for adding $2 billion in emergency aid. Houston-area lawmakers — including Reps. John Culberson, R-Houston, Gene Green, D-Houston, and Nick Lampson, D-Stafford — told the Chronicle that they were counting on the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which Hutchison serves, after the House leadership spurned their request.”